Measuring-gauge kit



March 24, 1931. E. J. WITCHGER MEASURING GAUGE KIT Filed Sept. 20, 1928 R v. mm m m m VT T mm M J itself during the ordinary, handling of the Patented Mar. 24,1931

aye-immeaor; saeimw,,mcmemjissxeme;Tater-ma avian cam- 7 ram: 01*...SAGIn'AW, MICHIGAN, A conronA rionor MrcfiiGAn' metastatic-Gwen m 7 This invention isqa' measuring gauge 2 kit and-the invention ,as-claimed h'ercin is"e'r'n--v bodied in the combination of a group of unattachedindependently usable gauges with 5 a container having structural characteristics by which certain important results aresecured in the ,selecting, handling and using ofndgauges; r Q 7 This association oflindep'endent gauges and 10 their characteristiccontainer is'beli'evedt'o benew: and is obviously-useful. V

"Prior, practice has been to mount fend gauges in acontainer shaped like the handle ofa pocket knife, there being a pivot pin through the handle'at each end a number of gaugeslbeing strung blade-like there-en so as tofold-within the handle or to spread out in, .ian like Iformation therefrom when opened; With theseprior'gauge sets or kits more orless ,difliculty'was' encountered in selecting from the number of pivotally inounted gauge blades on the handle the one of required sized Also there: was always the liability of gettingthe blades mixed, the re sult being that the wrong onemight present tool while in;use;;notwithstanding the right one wasvjselected in the beginning; F I I An object of my invention: is to expedite :39 the select-idnand ap'plicationiof the correct gauge to the work to be measured by lmaking each gauge as a sepatate individual unit or tool and identifying it by means of; a dis tinctiveindex character or dimensioiupreferably impressed o'nboth sidesv of an end portion thereof, oftin aiiy other location so as to'be readily exposed to view and difierentiated from all the others.

The in'vention' further facilitates this desirable result by mounting all of the gauges in a container which in its more generic aspect is characterized by having a body member, in the form of a flexible enevelope, and made with a plurality of overlapping pockets.

These pockets are of appropriatesize and shape to receive and conceal from view all of each gaugeexcept the area or tipupon which is impressed theindex'character, such as one-sixteenth inch, seven sixty-fourths Q9 inch, etc. The. container is also provided withasuitable closure in the formof alid or an enveloping or covering flap. f

A proper andI-patentable coo-operationaists between the ."independent L-shaped gauges of-thepresent invention and the mat ti'ple pocketed containerin whichthe gauges are carried in staggered, ofl'set, overlapped or eschelon arrangement for readyidentificlation and'for individual removal of'a selected 7,

gauge.

Furtheradvantagesofthe inventionare incorporated in a preferredand more orzless specific flexible structure for the container and iii its co-operationwith the gauges;tl1es'e advantages being greater conven-ience of i-IF sertion and removal of the gaugesginthe container, neatness, c0mpactnss,f lightness andla suitable, degree ofvflexibleiyieldinglto make the kit comfortable to carry in ,the pockets With the, foregoing andcertilin othefob-j jects'in' view, which will" appear later int-he specification, my invention comprises the'de I I vices described and claimed and the equiva lentsthereo- '7 I W .I'nthe drawings Fig; Lisa face view of: a

' prefer-red form-of the infventiomwith flexible container.

4 Fig.2 isa side view; of. oneof the gauges; i

Fig: 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the container of Fig.1 flexed backard tofaoilitateremoval and insertion of the gauges v As is clearly showninthedrawi-ngs;the device eonsists inaplurality of end gauges preferablyof substantially L-shape as showninFig; 2 ;eac'h comprising a thin plate whose tween-limits which definethe workin'glrange of the kit. For example, a given set or kit for measuring cylindrical objects may contain sixteen gauges, say, from one thirtysecond inch radius for the smallest to seventeen sixty-fourths inch for the largest, each piece having a number of working or gang- All of the gauges of a group or set are removably received 111' a container shown in its preferred form 1n Fig. 1, that comprises a body member 2, provided with a suitable cover 3. The body member is also formed with a plurality of pockets 4 that-conceal most of the gauge, but leave exposed to'view an area or tip 5 thereof which bears the identifying mark previously mentioned. The as-' sembled arrangement of gauges and container is such that the tips are displayed in substantially staggered formation, the bodies of the gauge plates being in overlapped relation within adjacent pockets as shown by dotted lines at 6 in Fig. 1.

By this arrangement thegreater part of each gauge, being concealed in its pocket, is-

protected from oxidation and kept clean and bright and its working edges are secured against accidental injury that might affect their correctness and accuracy. I

V The individual gauges being preferably L-shape can be placedin the pockets or slits of the container so their tips will present two rows or columns of index characters, one of the rows advancing, say, one sixty-fourth inch, the other one-sixteenth inch, thereby.

ating the selection'of a gauge of a y particular size. Y

'In the specificform shown in Fig. 1 the otherwise flexible container is stiffened and strengthened by the overlapping arrange ment of the gauges in the successive pockets asshown by dotted lines at 6. In Fig. 3 the flexible body 2 ofthe container is capable of being bent backwards to make the tips 5 replacing the individual gauges in pockets 4:.

By the means above described my inven' tion avoids the necessity, heretofore present, of selecting from anumber of over-lapping pivoted blades,'spread out in fan-like form,

the end of the individual gauge which is required forthe immediate work. a

The combination above described is 'especially convenient for the use of machinists and artisanswhose work requires the gaugmg of beads, grooves, filets and the like where it is especially important that the liability of mistakes in measurement be reduced to a minimum.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, a plurality of end gauge plates and a container for the same that comprises a flat body member of flexible material formed ,with a plurality of successively overlapping pockets each adapted to receive a pair of gauges leaving exposed an area or tip of each gauge, the arrangement of the overlapping pockets being such that the bodies of the gauges within adjacent pockets are overlapped on each other to constitute a stiffening means for said flexible container. r

2. A plurality of end gauges whose various'marginal edges are formed to present a number of gauging elements of predeter mined shapeand proportions, each gauge being removably received in a container that comprises a flexible body member having a plurality of pockets that conceal most of said gauge but leave exposed to view an area ortip thereof bearing an identifying mark, theassembled arrangement being such that the tips are displayed in substantially staggered arrangement and the bodies of the gauge plates Within adjacent pockets are in overlapped arrangement, therebyimparting strength and stiflness to the container.

3. In combination, a plurality of end gauges each comprising a thin plateof substantially L-shape Whose various marginal edges are formed to present a number of gauging elements of predetermined shape and proportions, each gauge plate being removably received in a container that comprises a body member formed with a plurality of pockets that conceal most of said gauge but leave exposed to view an area or tip thereof bearing an identifying mark, .the assembled arrangement being such that the tips are displayed in substantially staggered formation, thebodies of the gauge plates being in overlapped relation within adjacent pockets.

In testimony whereof, I- aflix my'signature.

J WITCHGER.

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